Chapter 836: NO.205: Just kidding, this is an opportunity to call the boss for overtime in the middle of the night

NO. 205: Just kidding, this is an opportunity to call the boss for overtime in the middle of the night

Clara Soren, a 23-year-old human woman from Anmei District, whose name subtly matches the human form of Kin Gu Qiao Niang from the Ultra Monster Anthropomorphization Project, herself feeling a certain fateful pull because of that project sharing her name, proactively contacted Aobo Monster Limited Company.

She ultimately got her wish, becoming Kin Gu Qiao Niang thanks to her extremely high compatibility.

After that, her area of activity shifted from Anmei District to Jiemen District due to work needs, which is why she was asked by the Ace Assassin Maiden who once received Aomo's care to look after Aomo, and then she often indirectly tricked Aomo into calling her Qiao Jiejie.

But this power pales in comparison to Wanshan Siji—Aomo has never fallen for it once.

Usually she just calls to greet on holidays; otherwise she mostly says hello online. Apart from complaining about work, she also occasionally cares about Aomo's office business status, and sometimes chats with him about company gossip.

Like when the boss brings in some weird monster for supplies, or recently recruits new monster girls due to some idol project—these are also topics Aomo is quite interested in, so their relationship is still fairly warm.

But compared to real-life friends, she's more like an online friend; offline meetings only happened that one time during the initial hospital visit…

To be honest, it's not a pleasant memory.

Because whenever I think back to that time, it's like triggering a trap card chain, recalling the cup of coffee that sent me to the hospital.

So Aomo usually refuses to recall his offline first meeting with her.

Moreover, if we talk about their relationship, compared to his bond with her, her bond with Qian is actually closer—Aomo often hears Qian mention buying monster materials at Aobo Company and asking Clara to get her a friend discount, even making plans to go shopping together…

His impression is that the two are quite close, which is why, when he first mentioned contacting Clara in an online chat, that pink-haired roommate's line of "a woman wearing half a monster suit" left him baffled.

Being able to casually throw out such a rude address, he couldn't quite tell if the girls' friendship was genuine; I wouldn't have written Bi Ze as…… oh, I would, that's fine.

But thinking back, when he heard Qian wanted to go out shopping with her, he suggested she could invite her over for dinner after shopping.

After all, it was still summer vacation, and he needed to cook for the three horse girls to increase intensity; compared to that, having a few more monster girls with ordinary appetites is like having more debt—no worries.

But Qian's firm "No!" saved him a workload, and made his expression hard not to be awkward.

Setting aside whether sisterly feelings are real or fake, Aomo only hopes she isn't the type who shuts off her phone while sleeping, saying good night to the world—especially when suddenly called for overtime at work.

Although Aomo really wants to become that type, it doesn't matter.

Anyway, he's currently being dragged up by his brothers, and with this lead pointing straight to the other party's company, dragging up his female siblings is no problem either.

So he took action.

After getting no answer despite two rounds of busy signals, optimistically speaking, not being hung up is already a good start.

The pessimistic guess also exists, but on the third attempt he received the good news that Kin Gu Qiao Niang was still awake.

But first…

"…Hey? Aomo?" came a drowsy voice from the other end of the call, fitting the time's state.

Even carrying monster factors doesn't mean one can escape the necessity of sleep.

"Yeah, it's me," he said, his fingers making a communication confirmation gesture on the screen, first confirming the call signal connection hadn't been tampered with, and that the call voice had no post-processing—Aomo continued, "Sorry to disturb your sleep, I have something I must contact you about."

"... Why so formal…?" came a sleepy but relatively calm mutter from the other end, "Is it something very serious? A mercenary commission?"

"Exactly, a mercenary commission," Aomo said, seeing the super agent's OK gesture disappear from the screen for a moment then reappear, he nodded, "But it comes from the Light Nation Office."

"Ah?" came a surprised sound from the other end, followed immediately by the sound of something small being knocked over.

"Miss Qiao? Are you okay?"

"Ah, I'm fine, I knocked over the cup by my bed—what did you just say? Light Nation Office? Are those Ultramen?! The two from yesterday's news?!"

"Yeah, the news also mentioned me, right?"

"Yeah, but Abru told us to restrain ourselves and not try contacting you and Jie De Ultraman and Sai Luo Ultraman, saying you're currently in the spotlight, recklessly contacting might bring trouble to the company."

The fully awake Kin Gu Qiao Niang quickly said: "Oh! Right, are you using an encrypted channel? If not, we need to end the call and switch to encrypted before we continue!"

【Usually ending the call means never talking again, right?】The eavesdropping Xiao Lu typed subtly, 【Does this lady not have a strong sense of belonging to the company?】

【Sai Luo: Shows the other party has high quality, Jie De—since they've already been called, escaping is equally useless; better to talk more safely】

【Xiao Lu: Sounds like Aomo-san did something excessive】

【Sai Luo: Indeed, but we're the least qualified to say, after all this is our own business】

【Aomo: Taking on the commission is also my business, no need to take it on for me】

Aomo, who likewise slid his finger to join this side of the conversation, also replied verbally: "This is the encrypted channel, no need to worry about leakage, and although I really appreciate you not hanging up immediately, this matter also relates to your company, and may even involve Chairman Abru's participation."

"Has Abru finally committed a crime?"

"... Why does it sound like 'this day has finally come'?" The situation unfolded too smoothly, making Aomo feel bewildered,

"After all, Abru is an Abo person; he's always tinkering with monster girls, everyone privately thinks it's weird, wondering when he'll start concocting super beasts."

"... This is already racial discrimination, Miss Qiao."

"Huh? Didn't Aomo suspect that too? Like Qian making a dangerous monster model every month or something."

"It's fine, setting aside affection, you two each know quite a few secrets…… Aomo's tight-lipped mouth twitched slightly."

"... Already seriously off-topic, Miss Qiao, I want to talk about your issue at the Monster Craze Technology Park Branch 427."

"You're dodging the topic again, Aomo."

The 427 Branch has exchanged information with the Three-No Artificial Humans, and its underlying security identification is Gillvalis—this is one of the main clues we found in our investigation of the Extraterrestrial Business Alliance, which is gradually turning into a criminal organization.

"Gillvalis?! The one that fought Jie De Ultraman?"

It seems Clara also watched the Jie De movie.

"If we hand this intelligence over to the police, that would actually be causing trouble for your company, so I hope you can relay this to Chairman Abru right now, even if this time might disturb his rest."

"We'll await his explanation here—whether he resists or assists, we expect his positive response either way."

"Alright alright alright, I'll go wake him up with a ringing phone." Kin Gu Qiao Niang responded repeatedly, her tone eager.

【Xiao Lu: I really think this lady lacks company loyalty, possibly even holding a grudge against the boss】

【Sai Luo: Don't talk nonsense】